Respiration Questions and Answers
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Which direction do oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse in the alveoli and capillaries?
Oxygen is absorbed in the lungs and transported all over the body by blood; when the blood releases its oxygen, it absorbs carbon dioxide (waste) and transports that back to the lungs, where it is...
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Where in cellular respiration is carbon dioxide produced?
Carbon Dioxide is the molecule of one carbon and two oxygen atoms. It is a major waste product of respiration, and is created when dissolved oxygen in the blood is used to create ATP, the basic...
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What is the process of glycolysis?
Glycolysis is the biochemical pathway that converts glucose into pyruvate. The energy released in this reaction is used in order to form the high-energy molecules called the ATP (Adenosine...
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What does it mean when someone has gone into oxygen debt?
Oxygen Debt is the informal term for the condition of Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption, or the state of increased respiration after a period of strenuous labor. In simple terms, this is the...